Adya Prasad Pandey

Adya Prasad Pandey is an Indian economist who has been Vice Chancellor of Manipur University.

Pandey is a graduate of Banaras Hindu University Varanasi, with BSc, MBA and MA degrees from the institution. He started his teaching career at the same university in 1979, and was employed as a professor of economics there.

He was appointed Vice Chancellor of Manipur University in 2016. Following allegations of irregularities in his administration, which led to student protests and the resignation of all department heads and deans at the university in 2018, he was suspended and subsequently dismissed from the position in 2020.